A medical doctor, Dr Azubuike Joel Ihenacho, who is the Medical Director of Peace Hospital, Ayingba, Kogi State has been abducted by unknown gunmen.
According to a statement issued on Monday, November 23, 2020, by the Kogi State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Ihenacho was abducted on Saturday evening at his residence in Ayingba.
The statement signed by the state NMA chairman, Dr Omakoji Oyiguh, and his Secretary, Dr Famotele Tolorunju, and made available to journalists in Lokoja, after an emergency meeting of the Association said that the gunmen stormed the doctor’s residence between 9.00 and 9.30pm on Saturday, November 21 2020, and abducted him.
The association called on security operatives to help in the search and rescue of the doctor.
According to the statement, the abducted Doctor was in a vehicle with another man and his wife at the front of his house when the kidnappers that were armed to the teeth struck and ordered the other two occupants in the car out and left with him.
“Dr Azubuike Joel Iheanacho was kidnapped in front of his house at Anyigba in Dekina Local government area of Kogi State. He was in a vehicle with another man and the wife when the kidnappers ordered the other two out of the car,” the statement stressed.
However, he said the Association had reported the ugly incident to the security agencies and the state government for intervention that will lead to the rescue of their abducted member immediately.
It would be recalled that two of their members, Dr Ebiloma Yahaya Aduku of Zonal hospital, Ankpa and Dr Kelechi Mgbahurike of Christ the King Hospital Anyigba were abducted on October 6 20202 by kidnappers, but were later released after the intervention of the security agencies.
